Music I Want My Children to Listen to- Death Cab For Cutie

Yay! Its time for Music I Want My Chidlren To Listen To and I am so happy that I was forced into putting up a linky for this last week (thanks TheBoyandMe). Since the linky thing was also the culmination of a twittervation with Becky at Hazel and Blue Handmade and AReseidence, decided to share the linky! This week Hazel and Blue Handmade is hosting the linky and I am so looking forward to reading all the great posts!
Some of you will know that this all comes from my original post about music I hope my children would listen to and I started with Ben Folds. Last week I wrote about Daniel Johnston. This week, I give you…

At first, the name of the band made me think their CD would be the last thing I wanted to listen to but actually, they aren’t a heavy metal thrash band (sorry). They are a band who write and perform the most amazing songs, with each one telling you a story that is so vivid it is like a movie playing just for you. I am lucky enough to have seen this band twice and can honestly say they are one of my favourite bands ever. This is the kind of music I want my children to listen to.
I want my children to feel the music, to see the music, to taste the music. I want them to imagine the people, the places and the emotions. I want my children to not be afraid to show thier own emotions.
So many of the songs by Death Cab hold important memories for me, like I think good music should. I think about walking with my daughter in her pram, listening on the mp3 player I got for my birthday. I think about travelling in the car down to Kent for our first family holiday. I think about the night before my daughter was born and the night I thought my son would be born- it turned out to be false labour! I think about our first summer as a family of three and then four.

I also want my children to know about a certain song. I don’t want to be morbid but there is one song in particular that I want to be played when I go and I need my children to know about it and to know that its ok.
I will Follow You Into The Dark
Death Cab For Cutie have made some of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard and its only right that two of the most beautiful people in my world should listen to them one day.

I’m so glad you’ve made this into a weekly thing as there is a huge amount of music I could and would love to write about 🙂 Death Cab are amazing, I’ve loved them for years and your choice of song is a brilliant one….x